Agatha All Along brings queerness to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

If there is one thing that the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) lacks, it is the queerness that the Marvel comics have. But this changes with Agatha All Along, we get not one, not two but, three queer characters, all part of the main arc. 

1972 was the year when Marvel Comics first introduced a gay character named Northstar, and now we have 31 queer characters in the comic universe. But considering the amount of queer representation in the comics, it's hard to believe that we can’t see that in the Cinematic Universe. There have been hints about them, for example, Loki talking about how he doesn’t care about the gender to love or Valkyrie, a group of only women soldiers. But these were only hinted at but never confirmed.

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We got close to having a sapphic relationship between Valkyrie and Captain Marvel in the Marvels, but like always, Marvel only hinted at a potential relationship between them. Partially that’s because Marvel comes under Disney, and Disney has been known to avoid queer mentions in its projects.

However, this changes with the introduction of Marvel Television, a new department under the Marvel Studios where stories within the world of  MCU, yet independent, so viewers who have no idea about the whole MCU can still enjoy it without needing context. Agatha All Along is the first show that started streaming on 19 September. Within their first episode, the main character Agatha Harkness, played by Kathryn Hahn shares a very intimate and intense scene with another female character, Rio Vidal, played by Aubrey Plaza. Throughout the episode, the potential past relationship is teased, but a line towards the end makes the fans drop their jaw. Aubrey Plaza said, “I have a heart, it’s black and beats for you.”

Not just this, during a car ride in the second episode, Joe Locke got a call from a guy whose name is saved as  ‘Boyf’ as in Boyfriend. We believe so. With just two episodes out, Marvel fans have got an overdose of queer representation. However, it would be interesting to show how did arc develops over time.

Agatha All Along is about Agatha being trapped under a spell and is helped to escape by a goth teenager who wants to face the Witches' Road trials. Agatha and the teenager form a coven of misfits and face the trials together to regain Agatha's powers.